Churchill Brothers defender Monday Osagie scored the 100th goal of the 2017-18 I-League on Friday against Shillong Lajong. Osagie's hopeful lob caught the keeper off his line, and Lachenpa could only get his fingertips to the ball as it rolled into the net to give Churchill the lead at the Tilak Maidan in Vasco.

Britto PM's second-half strike actually took that tally to 101 for the season as Churchill secured a 2-0 win.

Here are some of the interesting numbers and key performers behind the 100 I-League...

Nongdamba Naorem (left) after scoring against Shillong Lajong at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.

It was the kind of goal dreams are made of.

The striker picked up the ball on the left flank and, cutting inside, wrong-footed two defenders before coming up another block of two, one a burly South Korean and the other a Nigerian. He dodged both men and glided past another centre-back from Africa -- Lawrence Doe had his hands up, probably making sure he didn't trip his man up -- before releasing a cheeky shot past an onrushing goalkeeper.

About a month into the new season, Minerva Punjab and Shillong Lajong are the surprise leaders in the I-League, closely followed by Kolkata clubs Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. While champions Aizawl FC are sixth, debutants NEROCA have also impressed, especially with their away form. Here are five standout players from the first month of the league.

Chencho Gyeltshen (Winger, Minerva Punjab)

The 21-year-old 'Bhutanese Ronaldo' has been pivotal in Minerva's unbeaten start, which has put them three...

Ever since it began three seasons ago as a month-long 'festival of football', the Indian Super League has steadily eaten into the relevance previously enjoyed by the I-League - for long the undisputed top league in India. This year the ISL secured the right to be held as a 'proper' league over four months. With it - it won over most of the country's best Indian footballers and poached an I-League club as well. And while the I-League was thrown a bone by being telecast on Star Sports, the juiciest...

The I-League completes 10 years today -- the first match of the erstwhile National Football League (NFL) was played on November 24, 2007 in Margao between reigning champions Dempo and Salgaocar, with Dempo winning 3-0. ESPN's writers who have covered the league over these years pick 10 memories of matches or moments that they witnessed first-hand.

Odafa's day out - Debayan Sen

Jan 2008, Margao

It was the first season of the I-League, and Churchill Brothers were hosting Mahindra United. Churchill's...